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arpie
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4 years ago

Arimidex brand now has a $5 surcharge on top of PBS fee!

I went to top up all our meds today and spotted that I’d  been charged for 3 products, instead of two ... I queried the pharmacist and she looked and said .... “Looks like they’ve put a surcharge on i...
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Afraser
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4 years ago
@June1952

That’s interesting about prescriptions, I notice my doctor is doing that now. The reason may be to stop drug companies ‘encouraging’ doctors to prescribe specific brands. However as far as I know there is nothing to stop
the patient (the most important player) for asking for a specific brand. I always do, otherwise the chemist may push a generic, after similar ‘encouragement’. Apart from price, the fillers in some brands can have different side effects.